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  • Kirca@lemmy.worldM
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    8 months ago

    Hey dude, this post was perfectly timed!

    Not to bore ya with my life story but in the past 3 months i quit my job, got rehired as a contractor for a month, packed up my life to move countries and ive just finished a 2 week bike tour (deets+photos+vids later) which i managed to sneak in, in all the chaos. I mention this as a bit of an apology for the radio silence.

    Love the idea of adding “bikepacking” to the comm. I literally made this comm cause of the old description of /bikepacking and the perceived snark in their comm at the time, like the aformentioned comments about panniers.i assume it was all banter, but i love the freedom of cycling, and wanted this community to be as open and welcoming add possible

    In terms of the dedicated comm for touring, i defs understand the hesitance, but i will be sticking around and trying to champion this comm moving forward. After the initial surge from reddit, i think a lot of people went back, but personally i would rather see a few posts here, then ever use that site again. i also think the nature of touring means that were going to have big content droughts over the northern hemisphere winter regardless.

    I like the idea of cross posting, perhaps we can reach out to the mods over there to ensure they’re happy for us to do so too.

    anyway it’s 1 am and I’m cooked, hopefully this comment makes sense :)